Knitted fabric.



1. WATERFIELD.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Inventor. .Uohn' WQIerF IQM,

Witnesses.

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l I Specification of Letters Patent. I I Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Original application filed February 7, 1913, semi no. mecca. Divided andthis application filed January I 20, 1915, Serial No. 8,194. Renewed May22, 1918. Serial No. 236,049. 7 i

To all whom it may concern;

; Be it known that I, JOHN WA'mRrmw, a citizen of the United States,residin at the city. of Providence, in the county Provi- 5 dence andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Knitted Fabrics, of which the fol lowing is a specification. Myinvention relates to flat knitted fabwhich, rojects to the left and theother to the rig t of a line between the loops. y

In the drawings I have given two adjacent transverse series of thesebody loops the distlnguishing numerals of 5,- 6, 5?,6, 5", 6", 5 and 6and 7, 8, 7, 8 7?, 8", 7, and 8. It w1ll be seen that loop 5 of thesecond thread passes through loop 6 of the first thread from the rear tothe front, that loop .5 of the third thread passes through loop 6 of the10. rics, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an improvedknitted fabric for various uses but particularly ada ted for use in theiiiifinufacture of tapes, s oe laces and the Another object is to rovidean improved fabric composed of a p urality of independent lengthwiseextending threads so interlockedduring the knitting operation as to forma solid continuous fabric of the desired width and having the outer rowof loops at second thread from the front to the rear and a that loop 5of the fourth thread passes through oofp 6 of the third thread from therear to the ront.

It will also beobserved that loop 6 passes down and through loop 7 a ofthe next lower' transverse row rom the rear to the front, that loop 6passes down and through loop 7 b of the next lower transverse row fromthe front to the rear, that loop 6 passes down each side interlocked toether by lengthwise extending selvage threa s.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this applicatlon thefigure illusand through 1001) 7 of the next lower transverse row fromthe rear to the front. It will be seen from the drawing that each threadis formed into loops that extend alternately in trates on a very muchenlarged scale a poropposite directions and that the loops which extendto the left pass through the loops of x the adjacent threads from thefront to the rear, while those which extend to the right80 tion of theknitted fabric comprising my This fabric is knitted in the manner runninshown and described in my copending ap- 80 plication Serial No. 746,828,filed February 1913, of which application this is a division, from whichit will appear that the fabric is knitted fiat on what may be termed aflat knitting machine composedof two par- 85f allel rows of needles andcomplemental knitting mechanism, the needles being alternately vibratedlaterally and vertically, the yarrfsbeing fed diagonally first to onerow e ,and then to the other row of needles by os- 0".cillating yarnguides, mechanism for forming selvages in each edge of the fabric, andmechanism for drawing tight the loops or 'stitches formed by the needlesafter the loops have been disohar ed from the needles thus forming asolid,

other threads are body threads. Each of the body threads is formed intopairs of loops running transvers of the fabric one of the pass throughthe loops of adjacent threads from the rear to the front. 7 At the edgesthese loops 'are' secured from unraveling by the selvage threads whichare formed into loops. As will be seen loop 5 of the left hand bodythread passes through loop 9. of the left hand selvage thread and thatthis loop 9 of the selvage thread passes-- through loop 7 of the bodythread loops of the transverse row next below loop 5. On the other" sideof the fabric loop 10 of the right hand selvage thread passes throughloop 8 nd loop 6 passesthrough loop 10. The san e"'construct1on pertainsto all the fabric Fro n which it will be seen that no matter where thefabric is punctured by cutting a stitch the fabric will not unravel aswill other. nitted fabrics.

n will be further observed that the threads run longitudinally o f thefabric and that each body thread is formed ,inliopairs of loops, oneloop of each pair projecting to the right and the other loop' proecting-to the left of a line extending between the loops and that theright hand loop of one transverse row (if loops passes through the lefthand loop of the next lower adjacent transverse row.

Having claim is: a

1. As an artio e of manufacture, a'knit fabric composed of a pluralityof independent body threadsfettch extending lengthwise of the fabric,each body thread being formed into loops which extend alternately inopdescribed my invention what I .posite directions, the loops of eachthread which extend in one direction passing through loop of theadjacent thread from the rear to the front and around another loop ofsaid adjacent thread, and the loops which extend .in the other directionextendmg through loops of adjacent thread from the front to the rear andaround other loops of said adjacent thread.

2. As an article of manufacture, a knit raaaaea fabric composed of aplurality of independ-' loop of said adjacent thread, and the loops 4which extend in the other direction extending through loops of anadjacent thread from the front to the rear and around other loops ofsaid adjacent thread, and selvage interlooped with the body threads.

35- threads at each edge of the fabric which are In witness that I claimthe foregoing I i have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day ofDecember, 1914. V

' JOHN WATERFIELD.

Witnesses: t

J. ALBERT Bmomrrr, FRANK S. TALBOT.

